Monday, December 30, 2013

Benghazi Update: "Scandal" Not a Scandal at All

Image from source, NewsCorpse

Did you happen to catch the fact that The New York Times kinda blew apart the FOX "News"/Right Wing World Benghazi "scandal?" Yep. And though the right will hold onto this anyway (as they do with most debunked stories they want to believe), at least you can read about it. And it's far more fun to do so via the delightfully snarky NewsCorpse.

[Excerpt]New York Times Demolishes Benghazi Hoax – Fox News Freaks OutAfter what was described as an “exhaustive investigation” the New York Times has published a report that thoroughly debunks right-wing accounts of attacks on the United States mission in Benghazi on September 11, 2012. The story concludes that there was no direct Al Qaeda involvement and that many of the participants in the attack were motivated by an anti-Islam film, an explanation that Republicans and conservative media had dismissed. . .